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Wallpaper: Martian North Pole

Wallpaper: Martian North Pole

Since the Mars Phoenix Lander has now been successfully launched, and is on its way to potentially making the first ever successful landing in the Martian polar region… Here is a great image of the region taken from the Mars Recon Orbiter’s archives.

On a side note, there was one previous mission called the Mars Polar Lander which was to touch down in the region in 1999. Communication was lost with the lander just prior to the designated arrival date and the whereabouts of the probe have been a mystery ever since. Recently the Opportunity and Spirit rovers, the old Viking Landers and even the original Pathfinder components had been clearly imaged from orbit by the Mars Global Surveyor and that raised hopes we might finally make a visual connection with the remains of the doomed lander. Initially some hopeful findings had been made, but they later panned out and as of this date MPL still remains lost.

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2 Responses to “Wallpaper: Martian North Pole”

  1. Grip Nok Says:
    August 8th, 2007 at 5:01 pm

    That’s really cool. The Polar Lander mystery is intriguing. I remember being at an observatory during the August 2003 “closest Mars will ever get” night, checking out the ice cap through a telescope with my then-girlfriend. Can’t wait for the Phoenix Lander to make it there.

  2. Simon Says:
    September 19th, 2008 at 10:33 am

    Really nice man!!

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